The Intellectual Property Committee (IPC) kicked off the year with a successful Intellectual Property (IP) Workshop on “Challenging IP Issues” on 10 Feb 2010. Close to 100 participants took part in the Workshop, which provided an invaluable update of, and insight into, the recent high-profile IP decisions in Malaysia and Singapore.
On 11 May 2010, the Intellectual Property Cooperation of Malaysia (MyIPO) held a consultation with select key stakeholders on the Government’s proposed amendments to the Copyright Act 1987. IPC submitted its feedback and comments on the proposed amendments to MyIPO on 21 May 2010.
As part of a study in search of best practices in cyber laws, a three-member team from the Tanzania Communications Regulatory Authority visited the Bar Council on 8 July 2010, with IPC representatives on hand to receive the delegates. The focus of the visitors was laws relating to electronic transactions and signatures, data protection and other forms of computer misuse.
Another successful event that followed was the “Coffee Talk on Personal Data Protection Act 2010”, which was held on 22 July 2010 at the KL Bar Auditorium. The response to the Coffee Talk was overwhelming, with over 90 participants who attended and actively participated in the discussions.
“.my DOMAIN REGISTRY” invited IPC members to be on a reference panel for the “sensitive names project”. This project’s objectives are to: (1) achieve a transparent and efficient domain name registration system; (2) fully automate the domain name registration system; and (3) provide a channel to lodge complaints for parties aggrieved by the registration of “.my” domain names.
An IP talk will be held in Penang in October 2010, in collaboration with the Penang State Bar Committee.
Wong Jin Nee Chairperson Intellectual Property Committee
Dated 29 Sept 2010
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(1) Wong Jin Nee (Chairperson) (2) Brian Law Yew Foo (Deputy Chairperson)
Members:
(3) Chew Phye Keat (4) Chin Haw Ying, Grace (5) Cindy Goh Joo Seong (6) Foong Cheng Leong (7) Hazlina Ahmad (8) Jasdev Singh Gill (9) Jyeshta Mahendran (10) Karen Abraham (11) Malini Madiyazhagan (12) Michael Soo Chow Ming (13) Rachel Vanuja Suppiah (14) Rajkumar s/o Mathusuthanan (15) Suaran Singh s/o Himat Singh (16) Shamesh s/o Jeevaretnam (17) Tai Foong Lam (18) Wendy Lam Mei Kuan (19) Wong Sai Fong
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Talk on Summary Judgement (25 May 2012) Organised by the Selangor Bar Committee, this talk will take place at 5:00 pm, at the Selangor Bar Committee Auditorium, on 25 May 2012 (Friday). The talk will be conducted by Ramesh Supramanian. Click on the link above for more details.
Seminar on Tax Issues in Financial Transactions (25 May 2012) Organised by the Kuala Lumpur Bar Professional Development Committee, this seminar, featuring S Saravana Kumar, will take place at 3:00 pm, at the Kuala Lumpur Bar Auditorium, on 25 May 2012 (Friday). Click on the link above for more details.
Dialogue with Criminal Law Practitioners (26 May 2012) Organised by Bar Council, this dialogue will take place at 10:00 am to 12:00 pm, at the Raja Aziz Addruse Auditorium, Bar Council, on 26 May 2012 (Saturday). Click on the link above for more details.
Conference on Competition Law (31 May 2012) Organised by Bar Council with the support of LexisNexis, this conference will take place at 8:30 am to 4:00 pm, at Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel, on 31 May 2012 (Thursday). For more details or to register, please contact Vilashini Vijayan (03-2050 2095; vila@malaysianbar.org.my). Click on the link above for more details.
Talk on What Clients Want (7 June 2012) Organised by the KL Bar Practitioners' Affairs Committee, the talk, presented by Ong Eu Jin, will take place at 5:00 pm, at the KL Bar Auditorium, on 7 June 2012 (Thursday). Click on the link above for more details.
4th LAWASIA Family Law Conference, Penang (13 and 14 July 2012) Supported by Penang Bar Committee and the Malaysian Bar, this conference, themed “The New Global Family: Emerging Trends and Challenges to Family Practice”, will take place at Traders Hotel, Penang, on 13 and 14 July 2012 (Friday and Saturday). Click on the link above for more details.
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